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If the recent HN story of Apple taking 30% of refunded purchases is any indication, fabricated stories have a frighteningly strong staying power. What was espe
by winter_blue 6y ago
If the recent HN story of Apple taking 30% of refunded purchases is any indication, fabricated stories have a frighteningly strong staying power.
What was especially sad was that a highly knowledgeable group of people (HN) were misled and deceived by the Apple story (which could have been easy verified). If HN is so easily misled, how much more likely is the general population vulnerable to these foreign-government-orchestrated intentional information war campaigns?
- cbg0 6y ago> highly knowledgeable group of people (HN) were misled and deceived Just because you work a high paying job and you're very good at it, that doesn't mean you are impervious to deceit.
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- perl4ever 6y ago>a highly knowledgeable group of people (HN) Threads don't attract the same people. It's reasonable to suppose that the vast majority of people that didn't believe the story didn't participate at all - they said to themselves "this looks dumb/boring/improbable" and clicked on something else.